Ragnar Daneskjold writes: "Since the beginning of this year I have maintained a database of (North American) pirate broadcasts as logged in the Free Radio Weekly. I have graphed freq used, station activity, and pirate activity by month in 2009. Some interpretation was required to distinguish individual broadcasts and frequencies but the larger trends of activity can be easily identified. This database only contains logs from the FRW and is not to be considered definitive. I plan to maintain this project throughout 2009. Weekly updates occur on Monday or Tuesday. The overview can be found on the Activity Page of piratesweek.info. Links to the monthly details can be found at the bottom of the page.http://shortwavepirate.info/pw/wordpress/activity/

6925 MAC. 0428-0503+. Fri 31 July. EG. MAC Shortwave with Crazy Hans as the announcer. Many Germanic cover versions of US pop songs. From 0455 through 0503, it was all Teutonic anthems. Good signal with some fades. F-G.

6940 Radio Casablanca. 0252-0332+. Fri 31 July. EG. Very nice prgm of big band mx from the 1940’s. ID at 0330 as “This is Radio Casablanca.” F-G.

6325: Sonnet Radio playing Rod Stewart @ 2005. Fair signal with some utility QRM. SINPO 33433. At 2008 moved to 6319, although according to station, it should've been 6310, but problem with crystal. SINPO 43433.

6375: Sonic Radio with a weak signal heard @ 2015. SINPO 23332.

6870: Radio Playback Int playing A Flock of Seagulls @ 2020, live programme, in parallel with 6220. SINPO 44333.

6660u: Unid station playing song "Abracadabra" @ 2240. A Russian station called Radio Partizan logged here earlier in the evening playing music and asking for reports by DXer in Czech Republic (via Iann's chat). SINPO 34333.

Listeners in the Netherlands are reporting reception of Radio Albatross, an East Anglian pirate station, on 819 kHz. According to the operator of the station, the antenna is marconi ‘T’ 13M high with 30M top. The transmitter is running about 250W. The station says its target area is Suffolk, South Norfolk and North Essex. The operator adds that the station has tried 576 kHz but the antenna efficiency is lower and local reception is not as good as 819. The station is also on 87.6 FM.

Ian MacRae worked on Radio Caroline during 1966 and 1967 when British offshore radio was at the height of its popularity. In a recent review of “The Boat that Rocked”, he took issue with how the movie portrayed this famous pirate broadcasting operation. Today he’s a “floater” for 2UE radio in Sydney, Australia and runs the Ian MacRae Radio School.

In the event that you might not know, Area 51 is a program dedicated to pirate programming. This is one of the few place where the ops can get their programming out and not violate any federal laws. This is a great place to hear a lot of different ops in the same place! So, if you are even remotely interested check it out! Well worth our attention and support!

Keep a close eye on the Area 51 program schedule for up to the minute changes and additions. Thanks for all your support. Lw Thanks,

(Mike and good DXing! Rohde, Columbus OH, June 10, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1465, DX Listening Digest)